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The KSC/NASA story from different perspectives

NASA's Kennedy Space Center hosted a conference on April 15, 2010 about the future of the space program, keynoted by the President of the United States, Barack Obama. All of us who have an abiding interest in the U.S. space program have been waiting for the President to let us know how he feels about it and what he wants to do about NASA in the future. I first learned about the conference from one of my favorite White House reporters, Mark Knoller, on Twitter. Earlier Knoller tweets had signaled what was about to be announced:

KSC Space Conference – Mark Knoller, naturally, became my source for what happened at the April 15 conference. He added photographs to his coverage, to which I have linked.

KSC images by Mark Knoller of CBS

An eagle has built a nest above the area where the press gathered for the big space conference at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Knoller explained his pic in a tweet reply to: "@team_venture Our NASA escort said it was an eagle. Born in Brooklyn, I only know pigeons. My ornithology is for the birds."

President Barack Obama addresses the crowd gathered to hear his plans for the future of the United States' space program under NASA.

CBS White House reporter, Mark Knoller posted a series of tweets April 15, 2010 from the Space Conference held at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida. They are worth repeating here because they so effectively and succinctly present part of the story that I watched unfold yesterday on NASA television. Knoller's play-by-play on Twitter follows:

Obama said he knows the space pgm is "more than just Tang..I had to point out I actually really like Tang. I thought that was very cool."

Mainstream media coverage

leading up to the conference had focused almost exclusively on the controversy among various factions regarding what the Obama administration was about to do to NASA. Astronauts either opposed or accepted the Obama plan, as did lawmakers, Floridians, NASA workers and others with an interest in the future of space flight. MSM coverage after the conference held to that flawed model, for the most part.

For further more valid program information

here are some links for follow up. The primary story, by Steven Siceloff, is from NASA.gov